RAVEL - Album Release!

Ensemble Lumaka presents its fourth album: RAVEL, featuring arrangements of works by Maurice Ravel. The Sonatine and Tombeau de Couperin were previously arranged for flute, harp and strings; the arrangements of Ma Mère l'Oye and Menuet Antique for quintet are by Lumaka members themselves.

For the release, the ensemble performs excerpts from the new album - and more. There is also a surprise: you might win the new album!

Lumaka was founded nearly 25 years ago by Jana Machalett (flute), Martina Forni (viola) and Miriam Overlach (harp), then students at the Amsterdam Conservatory. The ensemble has won the International Chamber Music Competition Almere and Het Debuut, and has since performed in halls such as the Kleine Zaal of the Concertgebouw, the Hermitage and Concertgebouw de Vereeniging, and at festivals including the Grachtenfestival, Festival Classique, the Peter de Grote Festival, the Thailand International Harp Festival and the 47th Istanbul Music Festival. Members are currently active with the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Klangforum Wien and Ensemble Postland, among others.

In recent years, the ensemble has increasingly focused on music from the period 1900-1940, particularly from France - a time rich in new repertoire for flute, harp and strings, where romantic remnants, early jazz influences, fascination with non-European music and distinctive tonality and rhythm converge. In Ravel's work, there is also a tribute to the old Baroque masters.

Ensemble Lumaka:
Jana Machalett - flute
Martina Forni - viola
Charles Watt - cello
Miriam Overlach - harp
Guest: Laura Lunansky - violin